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not lifesaving but damaging, resulting in loss of sexual potency, loss of bladder continents, and the deficits of treatment are currently outweighing the benefits. so that test is no longer recommended. the numbers are pretty clear that the overdiagnosed of early breast cancer happens in many cases as well, and there are a number of things that are being thertaken to try to improve situation clinically. from the point of view the national cancer institute, the thing we are trying to solve is the question of how we can take these early abnormalities and tests to kinds of distinguish between those that are likely to evolve into life- threatening illnesses and those beniare simply the nine -- gn abnormalities that would not cause serious symptoms or life- threatening situations had they not been detected. we're talking with leading researchers about their areas of expertise at the nih. dr. harold varmus is the director of the national cancer institutes. al is joining us from cambridge, ohio. caller: good morning. it is a pleasure to be able to talk to a doctor out here after working for 40 years
not lifesaving but damaging, resulting in loss of sexual potency, loss of bladder continents, and the deficits of treatment are currently outweighing the benefits. so that test is no longer recommended. the numbers are pretty clear that the overdiagnosed of early breast cancer happens in many cases as well, and there are a number of things that are being thertaken to try to improve situation clinically. from the point of view the national cancer institute, the thing we are trying to solve is...
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there is a third group of symptoms which we call the the cognitiveoms, deficits. those are problems with memory and problems of attention. sadly, we do not have good treatments for those latter two categories. we have treatments for hallucinations and delusions, medications at work quite well. but the other parts of this syndrome, the parts that are often even more disabling, we need to come up with much better treatments. that is part of why nih is so focused on developing both better diagnostics and better therapeutics for these kinds of illnesses. host: this tweet on the issue of mental health -- are there any other significant development being made in other countries? guest: it is a great question. recently, mental disorder research has become global. there is a lot of interest in global mental health, and that is not just from europe and australia. canada and increasingly in other parts of the world. the disorders we're talking about our global and not unique to the developed world. as a result, there have been some very interesting little-resource environme
there is a third group of symptoms which we call the the cognitiveoms, deficits. those are problems with memory and problems of attention. sadly, we do not have good treatments for those latter two categories. we have treatments for hallucinations and delusions, medications at work quite well. but the other parts of this syndrome, the parts that are often even more disabling, we need to come up with much better treatments. that is part of why nih is so focused on developing both better...
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fiscal deficit. [applause] so that's step one towards restoring mobility, making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today, so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high schools that graduate more kids with the technical training and apprenticeships, and in-demand, high-tech skills that can lead directly to a good job and a middle-class life. we know it's harder to find a job today without some higher education, so we've helped more students go to college with grants and loans that go farther than before. we've made it more practical to repay those loans. and today, more students are graduating from college than ever before. we're also pursuing an aggressive strategy to promote innovat
fiscal deficit. [applause] so that's step one towards restoring mobility, making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today, so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high schools...
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training sites which are often protected and many nato member states are sitting in silence oh five deficit the military training areas throughout europe and north america are among the richest and most important sites will find deficit the often because they are that it's not open to the general . but also because environmental awareness and whites tactical use of natural resources is encouraged among soldiers military training areas are increasingly recognized as sites of hype by a diversity large numbers of threatened and endangered species exports from india its beans and nine. listen to it in fooling you into watching it in two thousand that the ufc is the main import of indian spices contributed sixteen points and up until the next week that you like dirt bikes i know that nine percent annually and maybe share each week six but since it's sunday a baby on the menu she jumped on singapore and the uk i don't need to destinations for beginning sports it is at the european union to open them on this amenable to the ongoing suffering debt crisis and four great books despite these problems
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trade deficit was much larger than expected. that is the main cause for the current account balance deficit in october. the current account is not expected to continue in deficit. the weaker yen, that is pushing up energy costs. the trade deficit is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. even with the weaker yen, this'll push up export, but not enough to counter the effect of the higher cost of oil and gas. we are seeing an increase of consumer goods and the materials for housing and consumers to buy more. year, you willt see a lot more. that will push up the trade deficit even more. james in tokyo. thank you. program,g ahead on the the icing on the cake for the baking industry. more on that coming up later. and jpmorgan with a strong performance. when "asiaad to that edge" returns. ♪ .> breaking news an ipo is said to take place in everbright.r billionssaid to seek in hong kong dollars in shares sales. let's see what else is going on. positive news coming out of the u.s. on friday, helping wall street. john? five se
trade deficit was much larger than expected. that is the main cause for the current account balance deficit in october. the current account is not expected to continue in deficit. the weaker yen, that is pushing up energy costs. the trade deficit is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. even with the weaker yen, this'll push up export, but not enough to counter the effect of the higher cost of oil and gas. we are seeing an increase of consumer goods and the materials for housing and...
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we have budget deficits that have improved but they have not disappeared and we have deficits in education and innovation and infrastructure that continue to widen. we know we need comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform. there is a lot more for congress to do. so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it is an important step in helping to heal some of the wounds here in congress, to rebuild some trust and show that we can do something without a crisis right around the corner. and dom on straight the value in making our government work for the people we represent. so when all of this is done, i am very proud to stand with chairman ryan or anyone else who wants to work on this bipartisan foundation to continue addressing our nation's challenges. nothing is easy here but i know the american people expect nothing less. i want to take a minute to especially change chairman ryan. he and i do have some major differences. we cheer for a different football team. clearly. we catch different fish. we have some differences on policies. but we agree that our country
we have budget deficits that have improved but they have not disappeared and we have deficits in education and innovation and infrastructure that continue to widen. we know we need comprehensive tax reform, comprehensive immigration reform. there is a lot more for congress to do. so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it is an important step in helping to heal some of the wounds here in congress, to rebuild some trust and show that we can do something without a crisis right...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point you number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number try, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. >> so congressman, democrats are giving up some stuff in this. is paul ryan wrong that what are you getting is not enough to push you over the edge with this bill? >> we are a little disadvantaged, we haven't seen the full details. but as i understand it, spending will be up higher. but this isn't an unprecedented deal. this happened in december 2011 and it happened last december as well. every time there's some bipartisan agreement, there's more spending in washington. they did the same thing each december, and i think at the end of the day as was indicated by senator rubio, this doesn't get to the heart of the problem which is spending. moving it a few dollars is
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point you number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number try, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. >> so congressman, democrats are giving up some stuff in this. is paul ryan wrong that what are you getting is not enough to push...
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executive board of the government to which he be the next ball is expected that this is all this the budget deficit reaching out to some discussion about this alarming. add to the commercial hub is like a civics with the outbreak of the epidemic. then the forty seven thousand visitors vaccination. the defendant's refusal of the budget documents to be in the end of the organization program of the country. after that the demented ropes activists of all the time i took that as the benefits of bad vaccinations and again it is a western plot to sterilize muslims. the director had about but found that the porto by respondents said yes please read the perspective of the strip had the energy and focus on in the wall the demise of south african leader nelson mandela on thursday. jackie up a five course it was a great fit it in debt and a bit of inspiration all humanity president the democrats he said. wisdom promo could shoot him in the men's team and it is the more joy and peace be with the portuguese injustice in that sense of the cycle of humanity it's the top. i just said that. it is too old to justice.
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the deal would do nothing to significantly reduce the deficit. nor does it raise taxes nor reform entitlement programs like medicare and social security. democrats say it's not a deal breaker if it's not done by january. they could target about $65 billion in alternative policies. the spirited bipartisan may exist elsewhere on capitol hill as well. last week lawmakers said they've made progress towards passing the first new five-year farm bill since 2008. they've yet to agree on the most politically sensitive topic though, how much to trim from the u.s. food stamps program. house republicans want to cut spending by 40 billion while senate democrats have agreed to trim 4 billion. that's what we're watching in washington next week. >> not much of a gap between 40 and 4. thanks for that, mary. >>> joining us for more is morris reid managing director tina fordham is still in the studio. morris, thank you for joining us. are we going to get an agreement this week on something? >> i think so. there's a lot of pressure on congress from the business comm
the deal would do nothing to significantly reduce the deficit. nor does it raise taxes nor reform entitlement programs like medicare and social security. democrats say it's not a deal breaker if it's not done by january. they could target about $65 billion in alternative policies. the spirited bipartisan may exist elsewhere on capitol hill as well. last week lawmakers said they've made progress towards passing the first new five-year farm bill since 2008. they've yet to agree on the most...
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that deficit can compound itself over time. and finally rising inequality and declining mobility are bad for our democracy. ordinary folks can't write massive campaign checks or high-priced lobbyists and lawyers to secure policies that tilt the playing field in their family and at everyone else's expense. so people get the bad taste that the system is rigged. and that increases cynicism and polarization and it decreases the political participation that is a requisite part of our system of self-government. this is an issue that we have to tackle. if in fact the majority of americans agree that our number one priority is to restore opportunity and broad-based growth for all americans to question his why ask washington washington -- why his washington consistently failed to act? i think a big reason is the myths that have developed around the issue of inequality. first there is the myth but this is a problem restricted to a small share of predominantly minority people. this isn't a broad based problem or a black problem or hispani
that deficit can compound itself over time. and finally rising inequality and declining mobility are bad for our democracy. ordinary folks can't write massive campaign checks or high-priced lobbyists and lawyers to secure policies that tilt the playing field in their family and at everyone else's expense. so people get the bad taste that the system is rigged. and that increases cynicism and polarization and it decreases the political participation that is a requisite part of our system of...
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but to end the deficit we need growth. economic growth. that's why we had surpluses at the end of the clinton administration, because we had growth. part of the reason the deficit is likely to come down the future to some degree is because the economy looks better over the longer term than we thought it was going to be. but you still have to make these tough political decisions. if the president had early on taken the bull sense proposal which is deficit reduction group that he had appointed and headed from the state of the union message okay they've given us this proposal. congress, go to work on it and get me a budget by july, six months from now. early in his career as president it might have changed the paradigm. >> one thing that was in the congressional in-box, you're going to tell us, may not be there any more. have they come to an agreement on the military appropriations. >> they have the national defense authorization has come an agreement. they announced they're going to fast track it to get it done before the house leaves at the
but to end the deficit we need growth. economic growth. that's why we had surpluses at the end of the clinton administration, because we had growth. part of the reason the deficit is likely to come down the future to some degree is because the economy looks better over the longer term than we thought it was going to be. but you still have to make these tough political decisions. if the president had early on taken the bull sense proposal which is deficit reduction group that he had appointed...
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fiscal deficit. >> david, rapidly shrinking, the deficit is going down. $17 trilli $17 trillion debt and a deficit higher than the one he received from his predecessor? >> the debt is higher. we would be in much better economic shape and young people would have better job opportunities if we weren't shrinking so fast. we have gone from 10%, basically what he inherited down to 4% of the economy and on the way down to 2% by the end of the president's term. if he were not to doing this about spending and we were invest can in the future, in education, research, we are seeing american research going to china and we are not spending tax dollars on basic research, which corporations don't do. >> that's always been done by government. so, neither the finding about young people is surprising, nor is the president's focus. yeah, we have brought down the deficit is what he is saying, significantly, 90% of americans seem to be unaware of this. million americans receiving disability benefits. 47 million on food stamps? >> yeah. >> torn in 4 million on long-term, getting unemployment benefits. th
fiscal deficit. >> david, rapidly shrinking, the deficit is going down. $17 trilli $17 trillion debt and a deficit higher than the one he received from his predecessor? >> the debt is higher. we would be in much better economic shape and young people would have better job opportunities if we weren't shrinking so fast. we have gone from 10%, basically what he inherited down to 4% of the economy and on the way down to 2% by the end of the president's term. if he were not to doing this...
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it is time to stop the obsession with deficits and start an obsession about middle-class job creation. >> well, governor granholm, i'm going to give the president credit for these numbers -- >> stop the presses -- >> but this nation is still woefully unemployed. he has to take credit for that, too. i know his numbers could not have come at a better time for an administration that's had a rough couple months. in the crossfire tonight, a pair of economic experts, david madlin director of the american worker project for the center of political progress. >> and david, let me start with you. even though this morning's jobs numbers sound really good. a lot of people are just giving up and stopping looking for jobs. they're going on disability. the dependency on government has absolutely ballooned until this quote/unquote recovery. i think folks in your camp want more dependence on government, yes? >> no, we want jobs. >> but how dots there? >> in fact you follow the president's agenda, which has created 45 straight months of job growth. that is going the right direction. >> it's not fast en
it is time to stop the obsession with deficits and start an obsession about middle-class job creation. >> well, governor granholm, i'm going to give the president credit for these numbers -- >> stop the presses -- >> but this nation is still woefully unemployed. he has to take credit for that, too. i know his numbers could not have come at a better time for an administration that's had a rough couple months. in the crossfire tonight, a pair of economic experts, david madlin...
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more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with autopilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done one is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything she wants. [ inaudible question ] i think conservatives should vote for it. i expect we will have a healthy vote. i think we will pass this through the house. we're going to go first given our schedules. we will post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principles. the key here is nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are don't raise taxes, reduce the deficit. we also hav
more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with autopilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done one is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get...
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the deficit is going to come down because outlays are frozen and receipts look pretty good. the bigger story is that all this confusion in the markets and corporate america, among investors over fiscal policy, i think, now gets eliminated for a nice stretch, maybe a year and a half, without everyone having to worry about a shutdown or a debt ceiling crisis. that's a good story. >> yeah, that is a good story. is this deal going to get through the house easily? what's going to happen with the tea party members? >> nothing gets through the house easily. it will be a tough one, ross, as we get through thursday and friday. there will be a lot of tea party members .some democrats who don't like another hit on federal employees who can balk. but i think the majority, which will be boehner and the republican leadership with pelosi and most democrats, that coalition that we've seen a couple of times already this year, i think, will prevail on friday and we'll get a deal. >> okay. which as you say would take pressure away from us heading into 2014. does that take away one other potent
the deficit is going to come down because outlays are frozen and receipts look pretty good. the bigger story is that all this confusion in the markets and corporate america, among investors over fiscal policy, i think, now gets eliminated for a nice stretch, maybe a year and a half, without everyone having to worry about a shutdown or a debt ceiling crisis. that's a good story. >> yeah, that is a good story. is this deal going to get through the house easily? what's going to happen with...
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was one who pulled it was two hundred deficit will for what it was when bush razi zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes and during that went from zero flowed way up to four hundred what did he go to under the bush on the obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by year's sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed my bill williams....
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seventy four percent down to twenty eight percent here but the thing is and exploded the deficit it's only happening in luxor is what they have been over twelve percent unemployment rate so we're talking about highly distressed areas wouldn't you like to see tax cuts go at least to those areas where people are hurting the most where unemployment is the highest tax cuts that have not worked so we've got a policy that for thirty two years we've tried over and over and over again every time we try it it makes things worse and you say oh yes let's do more of that in the places where people are hurting the worst seriously what you want you want poor people in the zone's to pay one point three billion dollars more in taxes over the next ten years you don't want to give these people some sort of really mean income taxes. people at our poverty lot of the united states are paying a portion of income taxes and i think that lowering their taxes if. i was doing was corporate shill corporate shill want to own one and then on top of that he has the i when i was talking about assaulting the mandator
seventy four percent down to twenty eight percent here but the thing is and exploded the deficit it's only happening in luxor is what they have been over twelve percent unemployment rate so we're talking about highly distressed areas wouldn't you like to see tax cuts go at least to those areas where people are hurting the most where unemployment is the highest tax cuts that have not worked so we've got a policy that for thirty two years we've tried over and over and over again every time we try...
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in the long run what we say about health care costs shows up in entire paychecks for workers and/or deficits the government. indeed, the cbo estimates that in the second decade the aca is in effect once it is in effect it will shave .5% of gdp off our deficit every year. which is about $80 billion each year in today's economy. "the new york times" reports this morning that the cost of the aca are heading in the other direction. so economic benefits are going up, costs are going down. now, how do we implement all these benefits to make sure they translate to better care for everyone? because it will allow -- as i said, millions of americans have been benefiting from them since 2010. what we have to do is keep spreading the word so america's know that these options are available to them. for americans without insurance are working to help them get covered. this is where much of the attention has been since october 1. the new health insurance marketplace will help ensure millions of hard-working americans find affordable health care. in states where governors and legislators, candidates and sta
in the long run what we say about health care costs shows up in entire paychecks for workers and/or deficits the government. indeed, the cbo estimates that in the second decade the aca is in effect once it is in effect it will shave .5% of gdp off our deficit every year. which is about $80 billion each year in today's economy. "the new york times" reports this morning that the cost of the aca are heading in the other direction. so economic benefits are going up, costs are going down....
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trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast track, but it is also the reciprocal tariff act is called trade promotion the tory. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. the estimate is true, from 1934 the reciprocal tariff act had tariff, proclamation a story, tpa. a totally different thing than what equals fast track. true. a handful of president since nixon have had fast track. for the politics, the question is will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the trans pacifi
trade deficit as bloated. since nafta and wto we've lost over 5 million of our manufacturing jobs from a 40,000 factories gone, and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true honesty, our exports rose to countries we do not have fast-track trade agreements with, actually 38 percent higher than those with which we do. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has said tpa. morning, trick, acronym. tpa also is an acronym for trade promotion authority, a cynical renaming a fast...
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the program is running a deficit. able toecurity is receive sufficient funding by cashing in the bonds it has in that is anund, but expense to the treasury which has to come up with the money to cover those bond payments into social security. the bottom line is it is part of the federal budget. we have not privatized the system. the money is accounted for separately. the government is not going to default on the money it owes to social security or to the medicare part a trust fund. host: bob is on our line for and dependents. -- for independents. caller: reducing some of the so sex expenses of means testing -- of the social security's of means testing. 50,000, and increasing the social security age by one year. thank you. guest: i think that sounds like a pretty good plan. i would vote for it. i think the long-term problems of social security have to be addressed by some combination of reduced benefits and that does not mean reduced absolute benefits, and new revenue. i think the combination you probably is where thin
the program is running a deficit. able toecurity is receive sufficient funding by cashing in the bonds it has in that is anund, but expense to the treasury which has to come up with the money to cover those bond payments into social security. the bottom line is it is part of the federal budget. we have not privatized the system. the money is accounted for separately. the government is not going to default on the money it owes to social security or to the medicare part a trust fund. host: bob is...
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japan's trade deficit is continuing. -- current-account deficit people are saying there is not going to be a permanent one but the trade deficit is going to continue for the foreseeable future. some economists have said the import ahead of the sales tax rise -- people are importing more housing materials and other products because people are expected to by those in the next five or six months. factor another temporary which is causing this deficit. >> thank you, james. down going to be breaking the latest economic data from china. ."ming up next on "on the move ♪ the scene at the moment at the imperial palace in tokyo. we had some weaker than expected growth. 1.9% up.economists say a weaker yen just above the 103 level helping exporters. take a look at what is going on with some of the others, metal zinc and aluminum on the way down. seng the gains of hang after 11 minutes of the trading day. out a inflation figures short while ago, fairly benign. less thanng up by october's figures would indicate. 2013 is on track to be one of the best years in a decade for u.s. stocks. analysis s
japan's trade deficit is continuing. -- current-account deficit people are saying there is not going to be a permanent one but the trade deficit is going to continue for the foreseeable future. some economists have said the import ahead of the sales tax rise -- people are importing more housing materials and other products because people are expected to by those in the next five or six months. factor another temporary which is causing this deficit. >> thank you, james. down going to be...
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revenues there were that ten to twenty percent benefit increase would pay for itself and reduce the deficit so ignore it. the so called moderate talking points the solution to our retirement crisis is clear we just need to take a listen to warren's proposal to expand social security and crank it up a few notches but not everyone wants to help seniors and rebuild the economy i'm joined now by but jack burkman g.o.p. strategist and host of behind the curtain jack one of the great pleasure to be with you so always so what's your what's the republican alternative to social security well there's a word for what you're describing with retirement age at age fifty five it's called france it's called italy it's called germany and these models are failing if anything the retirement age should be seventy five years which you surely has this once is arguably the strongest economy on earth average industrial wage in germany's fifty four dollars an hour i guess if you're white you think why are people with all of the wealth in this country why would anyone else has half the poverty rate we do get half th
revenues there were that ten to twenty percent benefit increase would pay for itself and reduce the deficit so ignore it. the so called moderate talking points the solution to our retirement crisis is clear we just need to take a listen to warren's proposal to expand social security and crank it up a few notches but not everyone wants to help seniors and rebuild the economy i'm joined now by but jack burkman g.o.p. strategist and host of behind the curtain jack one of the great pleasure to be...
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the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money is accounted for separately, but it is all part of the federal government. social security is, after all, a federal government program. the tax is a federal tax, and the benefits come out of the treasury. so, you know, it is important to account for it separately since we have a dedicated payroll tax for that purpose. but it is, you're, ideally -- you know, ideally we should be balancing the -- balance the budget at the moment, but ideally it would be good if we could say social security was completely off budget. and technically speaking, it is off budget. but as i said, it's money that come
the deficit cannot be cured by these big spending programs like health care, etc. and in my opinion, it sounds a lot like -- [inaudible] >> guest: i didn't get that, but -- >> host: all right, let us take a question from twitter. please explain why federal government has co-mingled social security and medicare with general budget funded by different systems. >> guest: well, social security is funded by a payroll tax, and part of ped care is funded by the payroll tax. the money...
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george was one who pulled it was two hundred a deficit with flora what it was when bush rocks zero it went from zero zero under all the way up to one hundred zero under bill clinton yes i can dream that went from zero followed way up to four hundred what did it go to under the bush and obama administration all the way to one point three trillion and by and they're sitting in a row that was that was there a limit on what is the hill your number five is going to be you still haven't addressed why billion dollars of the republicans not only are doing it but bragging about doing it that they are trying to destroy this president so i don't recall democrats and probably way that's because you have selective memory is like you know what i haven't heard from chris here so you know what that. i don't know how often your viewers or you actually listen to conservative talk radio or conservative t.v. but we have been very clear that we are opposed to his ideas and not him as an individual but that we oppose things like government takeover of one sixth of our economy we are opposed to a president
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much more important than the fiscal deficit, the yearly fiscal deficit in this country which he points out is actually shrchging in his administration john. >> point out, this issue about the young people are disappointed with president and congress. >> part of the obama coalition that got him elected twice is young people, so-called millennials. folks at harvard has a unit that polled these folks. 18 to 25, bad news for the president, festival his approval rating down to 41%. that is a reflection of the population at large but down 11% since just this spring. and john earlier the president did some work to shore up the forecast, the so-called -- shore up the rveght affordable care a% of millennials disapprove of the affordable care act. have no plans to sign up. that's disappointing news. >> the numbers behind inequality could be surprising for many. jonathan betz has a closer look at what the president says is an economic inequality gap. >> simply put the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. first off, what does this mean? the median income for an american househo
much more important than the fiscal deficit, the yearly fiscal deficit in this country which he points out is actually shrchging in his administration john. >> point out, this issue about the young people are disappointed with president and congress. >> part of the obama coalition that got him elected twice is young people, so-called millennials. folks at harvard has a unit that polled these folks. 18 to 25, bad news for the president, festival his approval rating down to 41%. that...
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. >>> president obama declaring an end to the war on budget deficits and pledging to fight the deficit of opportunity for the poor and middle class. in a speech wednesday on his economic priorities, the president said the federal deficit is under control and doesn't present a serious threat to the economy. he focused on the gap between the rich and the poor and making the case for raising the minimum wage to more than $10. while extending unemployment benefits. >> we know that we're going to have greater and greater portion of our people in the service sector and we know that there are airport workers and fast food workers and nurse assistants and retail salespeople who work their tails off and are still living at or barely above poverty and that is why it's well past the time to raise a minimum wage that in real terms right now is below it was than when harry truman was in office. >> republican leaders quickly took issue with the president's poach. house speaker john boehner suggesting the president's policies created the very problems that he described. >> meanwhile republicans and d
. >>> president obama declaring an end to the war on budget deficits and pledging to fight the deficit of opportunity for the poor and middle class. in a speech wednesday on his economic priorities, the president said the federal deficit is under control and doesn't present a serious threat to the economy. he focused on the gap between the rich and the poor and making the case for raising the minimum wage to more than $10. while extending unemployment benefits. >> we know that...
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. >> a relentlessly growing deficit of opportunity is a bigger threat to our future than our rapidly shrinking fiscal deficit. >> the president on wednesday speaking at the center for american progress. he talked about invoking the fast food workers, liberal economists writing in the new york times responded by writing finally our political class has spent years obsessed which a fake problem worrying about debt and deficits that never pose a threat to the nation's future, showing no interest in stag nateing wages. mr. obama i'm sorry to say bought into that diversion. now, however, he is moving on. isaac, do you share that reading that paul had, two, three years ago, everybody in washington was old souls on a deficit reduction including the president, himself, now even president obama is showing publicly an inclination to show that warren style populism. >> i think the rhetoric has changed. just to go back to the last seg him, jonathan was saying the tea party has people in washington. there is elizabeth warren. i think if it's going to come, it's going to to him in the next few year
. >> a relentlessly growing deficit of opportunity is a bigger threat to our future than our rapidly shrinking fiscal deficit. >> the president on wednesday speaking at the center for american progress. he talked about invoking the fast food workers, liberal economists writing in the new york times responded by writing finally our political class has spent years obsessed which a fake problem worrying about debt and deficits that never pose a threat to the nation's future, showing no...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason why we haven't done a budget agreement when both houses were controlled by other parties since 1986 is because it's not easy to do. we're not going to get everything that we want and she's not going to get everything that she wants. >> what if they reject it. >> i think we'll pass there though the house. we'll go first given our schedules. we'll post this on our website this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus. we're keeping our key principles. no one here had to sacrifice their core principles. our princ
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing. that's point number one. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending. that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason why we haven't done a budget agreement when both houses were...
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isn't cutting one penny out of every line item to pay the deficit making sense? isn't lessening our dependence on foreign oil a simple answer? >> i don't think anybody in washington is looking for an answer. there are some, but they are in the minority. in the minority, the great minority in the republican party that are actually looking for answers. the longer we go the more simple but the less easy the answers become. >> we have to take a break. much more with glenn beck after the break. later tonight this father was told that his 18-month-old daughter would not be covered under his family plan and he had to get the toddler insurance. this was new insurance. he's paying more and can't keep his doctor. now he needs two plans for the family. this incredible obama care horror story when we come back. plus we'll check in with ainsley earhardt. she's monitoring health care.gov and facebook tonight for you to see if it is actually fixed straight ahead. >>> welcome back to "hannity." i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could st
isn't cutting one penny out of every line item to pay the deficit making sense? isn't lessening our dependence on foreign oil a simple answer? >> i don't think anybody in washington is looking for an answer. there are some, but they are in the minority. in the minority, the great minority in the republican party that are actually looking for answers. the longer we go the more simple but the less easy the answers become. >> we have to take a break. much more with glenn beck after the...
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trade deficit has exploded. since nafta and w.t.o., we have lost over five million of our manufacturing jobs, 40,000 factories gone and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true audit, our export growth to countries we do not have fast track trade agreements with is actually 38% higher than those with which we do have the fast track agreements. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has had t.p.a. warning, trick acronym. t.p.a. also is an acronym for trade promotion authority. the cynical renaming of fast track. reciprocal the trade authority act. and that is a mechanism president roosevelt had that only pertained to tariffs. yes, it is true from 1934, the reciprocal tariff act had tariff proclamation authority, t.p.a., totally different thing than the t.p.a. that equals fast track. truth, a handful of presidents since nixon has had fast track. and now for the politics. the question is, will this house of representatives give president obama this extraordinary authority to push through the tr
trade deficit has exploded. since nafta and w.t.o., we have lost over five million of our manufacturing jobs, 40,000 factories gone and real wages down across the economy. in fact, true audit, our export growth to countries we do not have fast track trade agreements with is actually 38% higher than those with which we do have the fast track agreements. myth number three, every president since roosevelt has had t.p.a. warning, trick acronym. t.p.a. also is an acronym for trade promotion...
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i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more than if we did nothing. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement since '86 is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going to get everything we want and she's not going to get everything we want. >>> all right. so there you have it. a major, major deal, words you don't often here in washington, d.c. right now. compromise. and as you heard paul ryan say, a step in the right drink, although there will be plenty of conservatives who won't be happy with this deal. there will be some liberals who won't be happy with it as well. it's still got to pass the house of representatives, pass the senate, go to the president for his signature. if it passes, there will not be a government shutdown in january. we'll be ri
i'm getting more deficit reduction. so the deficit will go down more than if we did nothing. point number two, there are no tax increases here. point number three, we're finally starting to deal with auto pilot spending, that mandatory spending that has not been addressed by congress for years. look, this isn't easy. this is the first divided government budget agreement since 1986. the reason we haven't done a budget agreement since '86 is because it's not easy to do. so we know we're not going...
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the trade deficit shrank in october, fall 5.4%, as u.s. exports hit a record high on increased global demand. the housing market showing signs of recovery. new home sales jumped 25.4% in october. that's the biggest gain in more than 33 years. that's your cnbc first in business worldwide. e you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. how naughty was he? oh boy... [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ [ male announcer ] the beautifully practical and practically beautiful cadillac srx. get the best offers of the season now. lease this 2014 srx for around $369 a month with premium care maintenance included. ♪ now covergirl trublend chas the perfect blend. for 99% of all women. new shades and a formula that blends in, won't build up for a flawless nude look. trublend from easy breezy beautiful covergirl. >>> if republicans have concrete plans that will actually reduce i
the trade deficit shrank in october, fall 5.4%, as u.s. exports hit a record high on increased global demand. the housing market showing signs of recovery. new home sales jumped 25.4% in october. that's the biggest gain in more than 33 years. that's your cnbc first in business worldwide. e you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. how naughty was he? oh boy... [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪...
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working class people don't care about the deficit, they don't care about ending abortion. they need a paycheck so they can support their family. and to listen to republican politicians and the talking heads at fox news bad mouth working class people, come on. we already know that the republican party is the party of mitt romney. could care less about anybody less than $250,000. for the president to come out and make this speech is extremely wise politics, because it's what people care about and that's how you win elections. >> he's got to stay on it. the democrats have got to stay on it. i think this is a winning issue. mike, how do you get the republicans to get into this discussion? the president talked about that earlier this week. you know, the big elephant in the room is the other party that obviously has no plan, that obstructs everything. but we have to engage in this discussion. i mean, it would seem to me that people who go to town huh meetings with republican representation just take the vulture chart there. and say what's your remedy for this? what do you have o
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fiscal deficit. [ applause ] so that's step one towards restoring mobility. making sure our economy is growing faster. step two is making sure we empower more americans with the skills and education they need to compete in a highly competitive global economy. we know that education is the most important predictor of income today. so we launched a race to the top in our schools. we're supporting states that have raised standards for teaching and learning. we're pushing for redesigned high schools that graduate more kids with the technical training and apprenticeships and in-demand high-tech skills that can lead to a good job and a middle-class life. we know it's harder to find a job today without some higher education, so we've helped more students go to college with grants and loans that go farther than before. we've made it more practical to repay those loans and today more students are graduating from college than ever before. we're also pursuing an aggressive strategy to promote innovation that reins in tuition cost. we have a lower cost so young people ar
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the mandatory spending programs, get a net deficit reduction package. if they can get that's a good deal. >> but they can't. of course you're right about the defense and buck mccann is right. if you look at the line, if you look at the base line, they're up 19% over the next bunch of years out the 2021 or something. 2014 they take another hit. i get that. however from that base it rises about 18 or 19%. that's pretty good. >> the other argument for getting the deal is that these discretionary cuts are written on paper. every congress can undo them. if you start changing the federal retirement program, it sticks. if you start changing aviation fees it sticks. if you change the mandatory programs like farm or spectrum rights they stick. you change the long term as well as the short term. it's worth trying to get a deal. not every deal is acceptable. the parties are very far apart on the big items. so if there's a small deal where you can get enough overlap and get each side to take some bad votes it's worth trying to get it done. >> let me go back to you
the mandatory spending programs, get a net deficit reduction package. if they can get that's a good deal. >> but they can't. of course you're right about the defense and buck mccann is right. if you look at the line, if you look at the base line, they're up 19% over the next bunch of years out the 2021 or something. 2014 they take another hit. i get that. however from that base it rises about 18 or 19%. that's pretty good. >> the other argument for getting the deal is that these...
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since 1994, america has accumulated a $10 trillion trade deficit. >> and hats off to leo gerard and the steel workers for fighting those cheater and winning at the international level. keep up the fight. >> all right. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. thanks for your time on "the ed show." appreciate it. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter at ed show and on facebook. we always like to know what you think. >>> coming up, a colorful depiction of tea party senator, ted cruz. >>> plus, conservative media adds fuel to its anti obama care fire. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this duracell truck has some very special power. ♪ [ toys chattering ] it's filled with new duracell quantum batteries. [ toy meows ] [ dog whines ] [ toy meows ] these red batteries are so powerful... that this year they'll power all the hasbro toys donated to toys for tots. want to help power some smiles? duracell. trusted everywhere. every day we're working to wand to keep our commitments.s? and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supp
since 1994, america has accumulated a $10 trillion trade deficit. >> and hats off to leo gerard and the steel workers for fighting those cheater and winning at the international level. keep up the fight. >> all right. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. thanks for your time on "the ed show." appreciate it. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter at ed show and on facebook. we always like to know what you...
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it was the highest deficit in history. when i asked him about tapering, he said anything that's good for the u.s. economy is necessarily going to be good for the israeli economy. they're the largest trading partner with israel and the e.u. is second. the conciliatory tone is one that we heard him talking about tehran. we're hearing it from the gulf states as well. you have the gulf arabs as well as the israelis, they're kicking at the traces but in the end they realize they're still pulling the same cart, which is the cart of the u.s. foreign policy so they have to get on board at some point. later this week in bahrain, foreign ministers from the united states, from the u.k., gulf states, egypt will be meeting and sitting down. they invited their iranian counterpart as well. we can learn more about how this agreement is going to play out. >> yeah. so we'll have to see how that plans out, hadley. another follow-up. cutting things, that's interesting when we're wondering what was going to happen with iran. >> exactly. he gav
it was the highest deficit in history. when i asked him about tapering, he said anything that's good for the u.s. economy is necessarily going to be good for the israeli economy. they're the largest trading partner with israel and the e.u. is second. the conciliatory tone is one that we heard him talking about tehran. we're hearing it from the gulf states as well. you have the gulf arabs as well as the israelis, they're kicking at the traces but in the end they realize they're still pulling the...
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it would involve some deficit reducti reduction. you have got no tax increases in this although there will be an increase in aviation fees, something that the house and senate and obama administration expressed tsh in before. they do hit things we are waiting to see whether or not there is any sort of agreement. democrats made that last minute demand. we don't think it will be part of this deal. we may get an agreement to vote on a short term extension. the congress should do by the end of next week with something good to tell their constituents. >> appreciate it. a budget deal will be announced. i want to pull this back into the taper. part of that is the notion that there will be a budget deal. does that increase the odds in your view? >> it's amazing how the stars -- maybe it's not amazing. >> the job's numbers are better. the deal comes through. >> it's all coming together. >> the fed could not do anything. >> this is great news. the two brain cells part of this is i think this is the next leg up. if you get corporations to star
it would involve some deficit reducti reduction. you have got no tax increases in this although there will be an increase in aviation fees, something that the house and senate and obama administration expressed tsh in before. they do hit things we are waiting to see whether or not there is any sort of agreement. democrats made that last minute demand. we don't think it will be part of this deal. we may get an agreement to vote on a short term extension. the congress should do by the end of next...
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october trade balance is a deficit of 40.6 billion. extremely close to expectations. last month ramped up a bigger red tape from originally released 41.8 to 43 billion. how does 46 fit in? not going to change the recent range. august 38 and change and been as high this year in the 43 area just like the revision last month. it still isn't negative news. foreign exchange is going to be a big gi. japanese will reintroduce a new r generation. watch the currency as we strengthen exports. it's going to be a big issue along with european banks next year. >> thank you rick. see you later buddy. >> see you later joe. >>> the the brightest minds leading to charge the disrupt, innovate, reimagine the way we learn. our next guest gave up tenor. he found google x. thank you for being here today. >> it's great. >> let's talk about how you struck out from stanford on your own to start this project. you were tenor there, had a great gig. you did an experiment in 2011 you put a class online, offered artificial intelligence. who showed up to do that class? >> we sent e-mail this class
october trade balance is a deficit of 40.6 billion. extremely close to expectations. last month ramped up a bigger red tape from originally released 41.8 to 43 billion. how does 46 fit in? not going to change the recent range. august 38 and change and been as high this year in the 43 area just like the revision last month. it still isn't negative news. foreign exchange is going to be a big gi. japanese will reintroduce a new r generation. watch the currency as we strengthen exports. it's going...
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we've got the deficit cut, we've got public spending finally coming down. as you've said, the budget surplus on the horizon, that's big news. he will say austerity and balancing the books needs to be central to the government's policy going forward. now, whether that's pushing out the pensionable age or a further squeeze on public spending, some of that detail is going to be heard, it's going to be changes to energy prices, it's going to be changes to possibly some of their corporation tax, a freeze on business rates, but essentially it's going to away fiscally neutral budget with a tone saying tax cuts, they may kot come in the future, but not until we've secured recovery. we will have, however, gdp revisions up towards. the uk economy is booming. some experts are saying that the uk could be the most successful economy within the fw7 nations by the end of the year. with us here to discuss that further is steve radially, director of policy at trade manufacturing body eef. steve, finally, do we have a balanced recovery in the uk? we had positive manufacturin
we've got the deficit cut, we've got public spending finally coming down. as you've said, the budget surplus on the horizon, that's big news. he will say austerity and balancing the books needs to be central to the government's policy going forward. now, whether that's pushing out the pensionable age or a further squeeze on public spending, some of that detail is going to be heard, it's going to be changes to energy prices, it's going to be changes to possibly some of their corporation tax, a...
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we explored our countries trust deficit. robbie leatherwood will speak with us next. reporter: vice president aydin in asia, trying to keep the chinese are starting a military conflict. former army four-star general jack keane on what the administration should do lou: let's take a look at the global hotspots that are not cooling. in afghanistan, president hamid karzai shutdown secretary john kerry's suggestion that the united states could rcumvent through famine have afghans defense ministers on a security agreement that would allow u.s. troops to stay in the country past next year. the spokesman of hamid karzai says he would not promote any of his ministers to sign in his place my certain demands are met, including a demand to change miliary operation. any major blow to hezbollah. one of its top military leaders gunned down outside of hishome in a busy beirut suburb. has bloke was quick to blame israel for the assassination and israel denied any involvement in the death of the terrorist. in the ukraine, more protest over closer ties with russia and reduction of a tra
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reduce the federal work force, reducing the deficit. sort of the issues you traditionally run against a democrat on. he sort of co opted them and leaves republicans with little else. >> this is something i've been thinking about as a broader trend, not actually just with this president. but democrats really since clinton have adopted conservative values and conservative policies. health care being the obvious example. >> individual mandate. >> came out of the heritage institute. sprang out of hillary care in response to that. so, you know, i think that is in some ways part of the problem. what are you going to offer as your market-based solution to things like climate change when cap and trade is the market-based solution and you've already demonized that. what about when the affordable care act already is that and you have demonized it. i don't think they have anywhere to go to actually solve these problems anymore. >> yeah. i think the operative phrase there being what are you going to offer. >> exactly. >> all right. krystal ball, ja
reduce the federal work force, reducing the deficit. sort of the issues you traditionally run against a democrat on. he sort of co opted them and leaves republicans with little else. >> this is something i've been thinking about as a broader trend, not actually just with this president. but democrats really since clinton have adopted conservative values and conservative policies. health care being the obvious example. >> individual mandate. >> came out of the heritage...
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. >> there is a difference between short-term deficits and long-term deficits. the short-term deficits were largely inherited by barack obama and we need to recognize that some level are understandable and and to make it very clear to try to get the economy growing and to try to bring unemployment down. and then he pivoted this structural deficit and that is what threatens that. >> it is not the debt that's on the balance sheet, but it's what off the balance sheet and he talked about three things. he talked about freezing a portion of discretionary spending, less than 20% of the federal budget for three years, you know, three years are better than one and especially since spending has increased 20% or more over the last two years. >> there are lots of holes in that and they have to put a truck through it and it does provide some constraints that would be there. and thirdly he came out for a fiscal commission and this includes other spending restraints and tax reform that will terminate or revenues and i think it's important that we do it this year and to act bef
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we have never had anything close to such a sustained job deficit after any recent downturn. it has been said in opposition to an extension that the federal emergency unemployment compensation program was adopted for extraordinary circumstances that are disappearing. no. no. these extraordinary circumstances continue, as indicated in the report issued just this morning by president obama's council of economic advisers. it highlights that the current long-term unemployment rate is at least twice as high as it was at the expiration of every previous extended ui benefit program. the extraordinary circumstances continue. the report also sets out the economic impact of a failure to act. it agrees with cbo and other economists. allowing the federal ui program to expire will cost our economy at least 200,000 jobs next year because of reduced consumer demand. for this congress to ignore the national economic impact would be shortsighted. to ignore the human, the individual human impact would be coldhearted. that is not the better nation -- the better nature of our nation. i trust of
we have never had anything close to such a sustained job deficit after any recent downturn. it has been said in opposition to an extension that the federal emergency unemployment compensation program was adopted for extraordinary circumstances that are disappearing. no. no. these extraordinary circumstances continue, as indicated in the report issued just this morning by president obama's council of economic advisers. it highlights that the current long-term unemployment rate is at least twice...